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Is Sainsbury's Haddock fishcakes ultra-processed?

Fish preparations Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Haddock fishcakes

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 37 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed fish preparations

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), Potato 23%, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Potato Flake, Cornflour, Salt, Parsley, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour, Paprika, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Fish Stock (Water, Potato, Salt, Fish, Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua), Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Anchovy (Engraulidae spp), Sunflower Oil), Black Pepper, White Pepper, Starter Culture

As written on the pack

Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) (Fish) (38%), Potato (23%), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Rapeseed Oil, Double Cream (Cows' Milk), Potato Flake, Cornflour, Salt, Parsley, Yeast, Cider Vinegar, Wheat Flour, Paprika, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Fish Stock (Water, Reconstituted Dried Potato, Salt, Fish Powder, Reconstituted Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) (Fish), Lemon Juice from Concentrate, Dried Onion, Anchovy (Engraulidae spp) (Fish), Sunflower Oil), Black Pepper, White Pepper, Starter Culture.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 209 fish preparations

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 74% of the fish preparations here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 209 fish preparations, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01863857, last edited 13 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.